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Month: October 2008

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Month: October 2008

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Conferences and Seminars

In Texas, We Call It Circling the Wagons!

October 31, 2008 VintageTexas 4

In Texas we call it….“Circling the Wagons” According to Steve Heimoff of the Wine Enthusiast, “By now, just about everybody who went to the Wine Bloggers Conference  – a three day symposium for wine bloggers, […]

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Quiz

Wine Quiz #2 – Know your Italian Wines

October 29, 2008 VintageTexas 10

Wine Quiz #2 – Know your Italian Wines 1. What is the most famous red wine grape varietal used in Tuscany? A. Asti Spumante B. Vin Santo C. Sangiovese D. Marsala 2. Chianti is which […]

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News

VintageTexas to Review Wines

October 29, 2008 VintageTexas 0

Wine Reviews on VintageTexas Vintage Texas is pleased to announce that has started reviewing wines from Texas and wine from the expanding wine world that may be of particular interest to Texans. It also provides […]

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Great Places & People

Anemone’s Knees & the Yelp of the Kelp

October 28, 2008 VintageTexas 0

Anemone’s Knees & the Yelp of the Kelp – A Wine from Texas On a stop after the Wine Bloggers Conference, we got some R&R in Half Moon Bay on the Pacific coast just south of […]

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Events

Texas Ports of Call – Port, Food, and Chocolate Pairing Ideas

October 27, 2008 VintageTexas 3

Texas Ports of Call – Port, Food, and Chocolate Pairing Ideas from Messina Hof Winery & Resort NOTE: A Vintage Texas blog reader recently posted a comment that requested information on pairing chocolate and wine. […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Off to the Wine Bloggers Conference

October 24, 2008 VintageTexas 3

Off to the Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma We left yesterday for California and had the distinct pleasure to stay in Napa Valley at the home of our friends from Houston – Chuck and Lisa […]

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Texas Wine Drinking

LightCatcher Winery: The Tasting

October 19, 2008 VintageTexas 2

LightCatcher Winery: The Tasting – Sangria Summer Port Caris and I got to talking about how wine should be fun. Sometimes wine writers get hung up focusing mostly on dry wines like Cabernets and Chardonnays […]

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Great Places & People

LightCatcher Winery: A Touch a Magic

October 18, 2008 VintageTexas 1

LightCatcher Winery: A Touch a Wine Magic From the awards LightCatcher’s co-owner and winemaker, Caris Turpen, has garnered in her short winemaking career, one has to say that she is doing something right. Is it […]

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Texas Wine Drinking

Barking Rocks Winery: The Tasting

October 15, 2008 VintageTexas 6

Barking Rocks Winery: The Tasting While at the winery, I spied this bottle of the award winning 2002 Barking Rocks, Newsom Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon still sporting its gold medal. This must have been a omen […]

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Great Places & People

Hark! Hark! The Rocks do Bark….

October 14, 2008 VintageTexas 1

Hark! Hark! The Rocks do Bark. The winemakers have come to town. This aberration of the old 16th century English poem my Mother taught me as a child was going through my mind as I […]

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